The Pride of Pike festival has a new sponsor this year, but county residents can still enjoy a fireworks extravaganza and a family-friendly event celebrating Independence Day.

Pride of Pike 2009 is being hosted by the Pike parks and recreation authority. The chamber of commerce, the previous host, decided in March to dump the July 4 festival due to the cost amid the current depressed economic climate. The authority then took over the event.
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After several votes, lengthy debate and public cajoling at the June 10 meeting, the Pike County commission decided which projects will go before voters in the upcoming SPLOST referendum.
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Pike County will take the largest share when the proceeds of the proposed SPLOST are divided.

The Pike County Board of Commissioners is filling in details of the referendum that will eventually go before voters on the November ballot. At a workshop session Tuesday, June 2, commissioners decided how the SPLOST money will be divided among the county and municipalities, and commissioners selected the projects that the county's share of the SPLOST proceeds will fund.
The commissioners are expected to take official action on those matters at the meeting set for Wednesday, June 10.
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